Jerry Garcia Biopic in the Works

For better or worse, Grateful Dead front-man Jerry Garcia is set to get the biopic treatment. The production team behind Election and Little Miss Sunshine are reportedly putting together a big-screen adaptation of Garcias early years before he got truckin with the Grateful Dead and evolved into a counterculture icon.

The yet-untitled project will be based on Robert Greenfield's book, Dark Star, and delve into Garcias time in the military, a life-altering car accident and his first encounters with San Franciscos then increasingly freaky music scene and future Dead bassist Phil Lesh, Billboard reports. Dark Star is described as an oral history of Garcia, and features interviews by Garcias band-mates, road buddies, relatives and artist friends like Ken Kesey.

The Dead have previously been the subject of several documentaries, such as 1977s The Grateful Dead Movie, but this will mark the first time a Dead flick will get a theatrical release.

There is no word on whether Deadheads plan to travel from premier to premier to see film.